Morning Buzz: Tuesday 3.24.09

Nikki Finke reveals, in a post that discusses her relationships with other bloggers, that the owner of Variety has talked about buying her website and alleges that Peter Bart ordered a hit piece on her. Meanwhile, Kim Masters casts a view on the Hollywood blogger situation and writes that "Variety and the Los Angeles Times have so much to lose in their battle to bring down" Finke. Deadline Hollywood Daily, Daily Beast

The state Assembly voted to extend unemployment benefits by 20 weeks; the measure goes to the Senate. Sacto Bee, LAT

KCET's Saul Gonzalez has produced a story on the graffiti scene in Los Angeles that begins airing today on HDNet World Report.

After setting aside time to read the Sunday L.A. Times, Marc Cooper says he is "bored with, done with, totally finished with any more grieving about the fate of the Times -- or any other newspaper for that matter." Blog

The Little Tokyo Service Center and the Pilipino Workers Center will work together on an affordable housing project. LA Beez

Stacy Keach was released from the hospital after six days of treatment for a stroke. "Frost/Nixon" ends here Sunday then goes on the road. Culture Monster

A website takes a guess that it costs the NYT more to print and deliver each newspaper for a year than to send each subscriber a Kindle. Silicon Alley Insider

The Southwest Oral History Association is coming to town for the New Destinations in Oral History conference in USCís Doheny Memorial Library March 26-29. Details